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U.S. jury awards US$29M damages to Boeing 737 Max victim’s family
The verdict closes a years-long fight for accountability after Boeing acknowledged anti-stall software failures in the 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.
- On Thursday, a Chicago jury awarded $29 million in damages to the family of Michael "Mick" Ryan, an Irish-born United Nations employee killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash.
- Ryan, 39, was an engineer with the World Food Programme who performed humanitarian work in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ethiopia, and during the Ebola crisis in Liberia before the crash killed all 157 people on board.
- Seeking accountability, Naoise Connolly Ryan brought the civil suit against Boeing, with attorney Steven Marks stating his client was "committed to seeking accountability and justice from a jury and not accepting money from Boeing directly."
- In May, a Chicago jury awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old American killed on the same Ethiopian Airlines flight, establishing precedent for damages in MAX crash litigation.
- This case is one of the final remaining civil suits pending against Boeing following the pair of deadly MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, which together claimed 346 lives.
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A jury in Chicago gives $29 million to the family of a Boeing victim. The case is one of the last open procedures.
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A US jury sentenced Boeing to pay $29 million in damages to the family of an Irish United Nations engineer, who died in the 2019 accident of a Boeing 737 MAX 8, as announced by a court spokesman. (ANSA)
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